eradicate
verb🔊/ɪˈrædɪkeɪt/
🔊/ɪˈrædɪkeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they eradicate | 🔊/ɪˈrædɪkeɪt/ 🔊/ɪˈrædɪkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it eradicates | 🔊/ɪˈrædɪkeɪts/ 🔊/ɪˈrædɪkeɪts/ |
| past simple eradicated | 🔊/ɪˈrædɪkeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ɪˈrædɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle eradicated | 🔊/ɪˈrædɪkeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ɪˈrædɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form eradicating | 🔊/ɪˈrædɪkeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ɪˈrædɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
to destroy or get rid of something completely, especially something bad 根除；消灭；杜绝 - eradicate something
Diphtheria has been virtually eradicated in the United States. 在美国白喉几乎已经绝迹。 🔊🔊 - eradicate something from something
We are determined to eradicate racism from our sport. 我们决心要杜绝体育竞技活动中的种族歧视现象。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesThese insects are very difficult to eradicate. 这些昆虫很难灭绝。 Effective action is needed to eradicate terrorism, drug-trafficking and corruption. 需要采取有效行动消除恐怖主义，贩毒和腐败。 Smallpox had been completely eradicated from the world. 天花已从世界上彻底根除。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- entirely
- totally
- …
- try to
- help (to)
- be difficult to
- …
- from
- an attempt to eradicate something
- an effort to eradicate something
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘pull up by the roots’): from Latin eradicat- ‘torn up by the roots’, from the verb eradicare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + radix, radic- ‘root’.- eradicate something